Live fact checking the vice presidential debate

The politics team at NPR, with help from their reporters and editors who cover national security, immigration, business, foreign policy, provides context, analysis and fact checking for the 2016 Vice Presidential Debate. Follow the transcript below. Note: this transcript may include some errors.

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An attendee in the audience places his hand on his U.S. Vice Presidential Debate program before the start of the debate between Senator Tim Kaine and Governor Mike Pence at Longwood University in Farmville, Virginiaon October 4, 2016. Photo by Kevin Lamarque/ Reuters